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older woman in black dress kneeling at gravestone with white lily representing grief loss and questions raised by AI resurrection technology

AI Is Bringing Back the Dead, And We Need to Talk About It

This is what grief actually looks like. Not an algorithm. Not a chatbot. Not a subscription service. This. And that distinction matters more than the tech industry would like you to think. I've been sitting with this one for a while. That's not something I usually say. Most of what I write about, I feel clear on. Scams make me angry. Privacy violations make me frustrated. Bad tech policy makes me want to write to my MP. The emotion is usually straightforward. This one is diff

Michael Routhier

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SIM card removed from smartphone tray representing SIM swap scam fraud that allows criminals to hijack your phone number and access your bank accounts

SIM Swap Scam: How Fraudsters Hijack Your Phone Number

That tiny chip is your phone number. Your bank verification codes. Your two-factor authentication. Your digital identity. And right now, scammers have figured out how to take it, without ever touching your phone. Let me ask you something. When was the last time you thought about your phone number as something that could be stolen? Not your phone. The number itself. The ten digits your bank uses to verify it's really you. The number your two-factor authentication texts go to.

Michael Routhier

6 days ago8 min read